The Flood of District 109 / Hyaku-kyuu-gou-ku no Hanran / Kaku P-MODEL

(Lyrics in Romanised Japanese)

Hakkyou suru shizuku

Mata iwa wo uchi

Kohan ni nami wo tate

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Zekkyou suru yoru ga

Aru hazu no nai

Nobi wo hokori moeta

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Rantan nara fuyou

Nige madou mure towa hantai e

Mada rakutan nado muyou

Nige madou hito towa?

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Rinkaichi no mori de

Kuchibue fuite

Torigaa no ame wo matsu

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Ekkyou susu arashi

Oto mo naku saigo no

Shizuku otosu

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Rantan nara fuyou

Nige madou mure towa hantai e

Mada rakutan nado muyou

Nige madou hito towa?

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Hyak-kyuu-ku wa hanran

Seki wo kitta entoropii

Hyak-kyuu-ku wo mita ka?

Mou sen-nen mo KIMI wo matta

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Takkan susu uchuu

Mata no na wo KIMI

Hyaku-kyuu-ku kara kuru

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Henzai susu yume de

Aru hazu no nai

Nanmon sae toita

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Rantan nara fuyou

Nige madou mure towa hantai e

Mada rakutan nado muyou

Nige madou hito towa?

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Hyak-kyuu-ku wa hanran

Seki wo kitta entoropii

Hyak-kyuu-ku wo mita ka?

Mou sen-nen mo KIMI wo matta

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Hyak-kyuu-ku wa kekkai

Fukagyaku fukagyaku

Hyak-kyuu-ku wo mitaka?

Mou sen-nen mo KIMI wo matta

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(English translation of lyrics)

The dripps going insane

Lashed the rock again

And displaced a wave on the lakeshore

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The night with screams

Burned itself with the proud wildfire

That cannot exist

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You need no lanterns

Go the opposite direction from the crowd running away

You don't need to be disappointed yet

Is anyone running away?

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In the forest of critical values

We are whistling and waiting for the triggering rain

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The storm crosses the border

And it drips the last drop

Silently

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You need no lanterns

Go the opposite direction from the crowd running away

You don't need to be disappointed yet

Is anyone running away?

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The District 109 is flooding

The entropy surged through the water-gate

Have you seen the District 109?

We have waited for YOU for a thousand years

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The universe that takes a long view

That's your another name

YOU come from the district 109

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Eccentrically located dreams

Even solved the difficult question

That cannot exist

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You need no lanterns

Go the opposite direction from the crowd running away

You don't need to be disappointed yet

Is anyone running away?

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The District 109 is flooding

The entropy surged through the water-gate

Have you seen the District 109?

We have waited for YOU for a thousand years

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The District 109 has been washed out

Irreversible, irreversible

Have you seen the District 109?

We have waited for YOU for a thousand years

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Note:

・"The District 109" reminds me of the "Four Corners" which is the quadripoint where the boundaries of the four states, Colorado, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, in the United States of America meet, which is located at 109 degrees west longitude. "Four Corners" is known to be in the Navajo reservation which also surrounds Hopi reservation. The Four Corners area is also known to have the uranium mine which was active after WW2 through 1967, which gave Navajo people the mining jobs but also the radiation caused lung cancer among many of them.

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・The lyrics "We have waited for YOU for a thousand years" reminds me of Hopi prophecy, which is supposedly about 1000 years old, which is said to have predicted atomic bombs, today's world living contrary to ecological principles and the laws of Nature, and so on.

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・But is it a song about Four Corners? Actually the song talks about the "flood", "wash-out", "dripping" and "rain", associated with water a lot. I guess the song is implying the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 and the tsunami wave and nuclear power accident occurred right after. Susumu Hirasawa might be implying why the nuclear power accident occurred and how poorly the post-accident support was dealt with. To prevent the contaminated water leaks has been a critical issue. Over 100,000 people were evacuated from their homes to avoid radiation sickness.

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・Well, on the other hand, however, some people say the song is saying about something nice and wonderful. It's up to you how to interpret it.
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